Process of making candy laxative tablets



25 grees, and. the heating of the. castor oil and said temperatures,cooling the mixture and. en- 25;

50 is attempted, it is impossible to obtain the nec- 1 1 1 If'ATI-IERINE CLARK. 50

Patented Feb.12, 1935. J h I 1,991,139 A 1,991,199 f PROCESS OF MAKINGCANDY LAxA'rIvE TABLETS I Katherine A, Clark, Kansas City, Mo.

I No Drawing. Application November 14, 1932, Serial No. 642,599,

\ mT o STATES PATENT- OFFICE This invention relates to a process ofmaking essary blend. The reason for this is not definitecandy laxativetablets. I ly known, except that; the centers take longer Heretofore,considerable difficulty has. been to harden under such circumstances,and that encountered in the manufactured candy laxawhen finallyhardened. invariably have soft spots 5 tive compositions, dueto the factthat a thorwhich cause an unpleasant taste: These soft 5 ough blendbetween the laxative and candy could spots would seem to indicate thatwhere the not be uniformly obtained. This was particulartemperatures ofthe two ingredients difier one 1y true with compositions containingchocolate from the other when the ingredients are mixed, and castor oilbecause chocolate has a tendency that the oil isfrepu'gnant to thechocolate and to repel the castor oil. i that the latter ineflect trysto expel the oil. 10

In accordance with the present invention pre-' Having thus described myinvention, what I determined quantities of broken chocolate cake claimas my invention is: and castor oil are heated in separate containers vl. A process of making laxative tablets, conor kettles before mixing.The chocolate is heated sisting in heating melted chocolate and castoroil 1 to approximately 1 15 degrees F. while being thorin separatecontainers to temperatures of between 15 oughly stirred or agitatedandisthen permitted '85 and90 degrees F., then mixing these two into cool toapproximately 35 degrees F., and gredients in amixer while maintainingsaid temfinally this temperature is slowly increased to peratures,cooling the mixture and enclosing the between 88 and 90 degrees. Afterthe chocolate mixture in ediblev shells. melting operation has beencommenced orsi- 2. A process of'making laxative tablets, con- 20multaneous with this operation, an amount of sisting in heating meltedchocolateand castoroil castor oil approximating that of the melted inseparate containers to temperatures of bechocolate is slowly heated tobetween 85 and 90' tween 88 and 90 degrees F., then mixing these degreesF., preferably between 88 and 90 detwo ingredients in a mixer whilemaintaining chocolate is so timed that the temperature of closing themixture in edible shells.

one will coincide-with that of the other. The 3. A process of makinglaxative tablets conbest mixing temperature is between 88fand 90 tainingchocolate and castor oil, which includes degrees but excellent blendingresults ican be separately heating meltedchocolate and castor obtainedwhere the temperatures of the chocooilto temperatures of between 85 and90 de- 30 late and; castor oil are between 85 and 90 degrees F., thenplacing these two ingredients in a grees when mixed. It is essentialhowever that mixing container while at said temperatures, thetemperature of each be the same. Mixing of subjecting them to a beatingand blending treat the melted chocolate and heated castor oilv is ment,cooling theamixture, enclosing the mixeffected at this stage by drawing:off the two ture in chocolate shells and then cooling and 35'ingredients from their separate kettles into. a capping the filledshells. mixer, not shown, where they are thoroughly 4'. A process ofmaking laxative tablets conbeaten and blended and then gradually loweredtaining chocolate and castor oil, which includes 1 in temperature tobetween '75 and degrees F.. heating chocolate to approximately 115degrees 40 The mixture thus obtained constitutes the so F., cooling thechocolate to approximately 40 called centers of chocolate shells intowhich the degrees FL, then heating the chocolate andcastor mixture orblend of chocolate is'transferred in oil separately to temperatures ofbetween 85 and any suitable manner from the mixer while ata degrees;F.,then placing these two ingreditemperature of between '15 and 80 degrees,The ants in amixing container while at said tem- 45 shells are thencapped. with chocolate and run peratures last mentioned, subjecting themto a 45 into a cold box, also not shown. beating and blending treatment,cooling the mix- Much experimental work has conclusively ture, enclosingthe mixture in chocolate shells proven that where any material variationfrom and then cooling and capping the filled shells. themixingtemperatures heretofore mentioned 1

